If these were compatible to Playmates' WOS line, I would be all over this. If not, I wouldn't really be interested. Since the celebrity aspect seems key, I'm assuming these would be based on likenesses. In which case, I'd like to see the following:• Mel Gibson• Leonard Nimoy• Lady Gaga• John Waters• Bette Midler• Mark Hamill• Matt Groening• David Duchovny• Gillian Anderson

According to the press release, the figures will represent celebrities, athletes and musicians who appeared as themselves.

"The first five guest stars to be featured will include James Brown, Tom Hanks, Kid Rock, Yao Ming and Hugh Hefner."

It appears NECA is planning a steady roll-out, which means no blind-box figures like the dunny figures from KidRobot.

I can't imagine they would be in scale with the World of Springfield figures from Playmates Toys. I'm guessing that they are more likely to resemble the highly detailed figures McFarlane Toys did a few years ago.

Hef looks good to me. Yao is excellently sculpted but as far as a character choice, meh. Hanks is the only one I'm really disappointed about since it doesn't really look like him. Then again, he didn't look much like Hanks on the show either. I hope they show at least the first two waves at SDCC

I'm a little late on responding to this but this is the first I've heard about these. Is it really confirmed that these will be to scale and fit with the Playmates line? I have the entire Playmates collection...every figure, playset, exclusive, etc, and would be all over these if that's true!!